title: Epigenetic exceptionalism.
abstract: This article considers the distinctive features of epigenetics and discusses whether, as a matter of ethics and law, epigenetics should be considered separate from genetics.
authors.affiliation: Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine and the Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky. (mark.rothstein@louisville.edu).
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rothstein
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D057890:Epigenomics / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D059647:Gene-Environment Interaction; D030661:Genetic Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D063508:Social Discrimination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012935:Social Justice; D014481:United States